Links, References & Credits

Links

Hawker Hunter Aviation are the UK's major Hunter operator, and fly several
aircraft on military duties including threat simulation and trials support. They are based at RAF Scampton and some of
their aircraft occasionally show up at airshows.

Mark Russell's FRADU Hunters site details the history and locations of
surviving ex-FRADU airframes.

Gordon Williams has put together this rather nice
Swiss Hunters Info site, dedicated to the 160 Hunters that went to Switzerland.

The Hunter Operational Register - a site dedicated to the Hunter and
those who've flown the type. Brief aircraft histories, lots of photos but they're mostly tiny and it's a difficult site to navigate.

References - Books

MDF 16 - The Hawker Hunter - A Comprehensive Guide by Paul Bradley

ISBN 0-9551858-9-0

Published by SAM Publications, 2009

Firmly aimed at the modeller, this softback 127-page book nevertheless kicks off with a brief development
history and outlines the types service career with the RAF and various export customers. A mixture of colour and monochrome photos,
many previously unpublished, show off a good variety of airframes before we move on to a chapter dedicated to colour schemes with
a great selection of very well done colour profiles. Following that is a walkaround with plenty of photos of the nitty gritty of
the Hunter airframe accompanied by various drawings (though the stencilling diagram is sadly reproduced far too small and is basically
unreadable as a result), a chapter on modelling the Hunter with reviews of the various kits available and a list of available kits,
decals, aftermarket improvements etc. Tucked in the back is a fold-out set of accurate 1/72 scale plans - a first in print I believe
as most existing plans are less than accurate. As a "one-stop shop" for those modelling the Hunter, it's hard to beat.

Hawker Hunter - 50 Golden Years by Ray Deacon

ISBN 0-9540666-0-X

Published by Vogelsang Publications, 2001

A superb pictorial round-up of just about every airworthy (or near-airworthy)
Hunter at the time it was published. A valuable reference - and I'd say that even if I weren't biased because Ray is a keen supporter of this web site!

Legends of the Air volume 1: F-86 Sabre, MiG-15 and Hawker Hunter by Stewart Wilson

ISBN 1875671129

Published by Airlife, 1995

Warpaint Series No.8 Hawker Hunter by Alan W. Hall

ISSN 1363-0369

Published by Hall Park Books, 1997

"It's bloody good" - Rick Kent. I'll go along with that!
Lots of pictures, development and service history, scale plans of many variants, loads
of colour profiles. The best £11.50 you could spend on a Hunter book.

Modern Combat Aircraft 15: Hawker Hunter by Robert Jackson

ISBN 0 7110 1216 4

Published by Ian Allan, 1982

Excellent book covering development, RAF service, slightly patchy
coverage of the Hunter in foreign service and production listing.

Hawker Hunter - The Operational Record by Robert Jackson

ISBN 1 85310 048 X

Published by Airlife, 1989

Contains a lot of duplicated material from the above book, but concentrates on
service use with both the RAF and other air forces. Better foreign coverage but no appendices and
if you only want one of this author's two Hunter books, the other one is a better all-round choice.

Hunter Squadrons of the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm by Richard L Ward

ISBN 0 946958 13 0

Published by Linewrights, 1985

Packed with pics
(including a colour section) and loads of line drawings of colour schemes.
Only criticism is he's missed out the RAF Flying College which operated about
15 Hunters for some time before it was renamed the College of Air Warfare at
Manby.

Aircam Aviation Series No.26 - Hawker Hunter F.1/T.66 in Royal Air Force & Foreign Service by Richard Ward and Francis K. Mason

Hawker Hunter by Barry Jones

ISBN 1 86126 0830

Published by Crowood Press, 1998

Has a few nice pics in it that haven't been seen before, but otherwise a bit disappointing.
The appendicies on Tech Data and Production & Serial Blocks are very thin on the ground
(no individual a/c histories at all), and also the first 24 pages have nothing to do with
the Hunter at all (e.g. how does the Me 163 get in there?).

Hawker Hunter in Action by Glenn Ashley

ISBN 0-89747-273-X

Published by Squadron/Signal Publications, 1992

Aeroguide No. 9 - Hunter F.6/FGA.9

Published by Linewrights

Now out of print so if you see one, grab it. Lots of detail pictures (mostly monochrome) and scale plans.

References - Magazines

Aeroplane Monthly February 1996: Preservation Profile - Hunter F.4 XE677. Short (one-page)
article with a full-page colour picture of the ill-fated G-HHUN (which also stars on the cover).

Aeroplane Monthly December 1996: has a gorgeous Swiss F.58 on the front cover and
the centre spread is a superb shot of the RAE's XE601. However apart from those two photographic
feasts, no other Hunter material in this issue!

Aeroplane Monthly August 1998: Hunter Odyssey - article on the acquisition and flight to
South Africa of two ex-Swiss Hunters, with a number of nice pictures.

Aircraft Illustrated May 1983: Flying Hunter One's G-HUNT by Adrian Gjertsen, then display
pilot of the aircraft. Now stored at Oshkosh, this all-red Hunter was one of the first civilian-operate
examples and this is a great article from the pilot with some beautiful pictures including a great
centre-spread.

Aircraft Illustrated October 1991: has a beautiful underside shot of an RN GA.11 (in
the overall dark sea grey scheme) on the front cover, very useful for modellers. Nothing much
inside the magazine though.

Aircraft Illustrated May 1994: Happy 'Hunting' Grounds - photo-report from RAF Lossiemouth
in the final months of RAF Hunter service. Several colour pictures of the various two-seaters then
still in use.

Air Forces Monthly November 1994: Singapore or Bust by Peter Atkins. Good article on
delivering a Hunter to the Singapore Air Force with plenty of pictures of SAF Hunters. This issue
also came with a booklet titled Hunter Homage - A Pictorial Tribute to the Retiring Hunter, with lots
of excellent colour pictures of Hunters from India, Chile, Switzerland and the UK (FRADU/RAE/ETPS/MoD(PE)/RAF).

Air Power International issue 7 March 1995: Hunters in Swiss Air Force Service by
Peter R. Foster - great article with lots of superb colour pictures, many of Hunters in special
paint schemes. Well worth seeking out.

Air Power International issue 8 April 1995: Hunters in Royal Navy Service by Peter
R. Foster - another great article with lots of superb colour pictures!

Air Pictorial March 1972: Hunter T.66A by Elfan ap Rees - single page article on the T.66A G-APUX,
with a single monochrome picture.

AIR International volume 49 number 3 September 1995: The Hunter Two-Seater by Roy Braybrook.
Detailed article on the development of the twin-tub Hunter with monochrome and colour pictures, 3-view and
3D cutaway - excellent.

Air World International volume 2 number 5 September 1996: includes an article on
Jet Heritage with some nice colour pictures of their various Hunters.

FlyPast September 1982: Why I Flew my Hunter Through Tower Bridge by Alan Pollock, the
daredevil pilot who marked the RAF's 50th anniversary in style in April 1968!

FlyPast February 1994: Maintaining the Legend by Robert Rudhall. An article on Jet
Heritage's operation with some nice pictures of G-BOOM and other JH aircraft.

Jets November/December 1998: includes a number of excellent articles on the Hunter,
from news of recently restored examples to a feature on the Black Arrows and an article on
Hunters in MoD service. Definitely worth getting hold of.

Military in Scale December 1997: Aeronautical Elegance - article on building the
Academy 1/48 kit along with a few pictures, some of which are detail pictures.

Scale Aviation Modeller International volume 3 issue 11 November 1997: Hawker Hunter FGA.9 -
article on building the Academy 1/48 kit - and one to read and take note of, judging from the
anguish the fit of the wings caused the author of the article! Also includes a Sketchpad article
with good drawings of the single-seater cockpit interior.

Scale Aviation Modeller International volume 4 issue 4 April 1998: Hunter Made for Two - Bill
Clark builds the Academy 1/48 F.6 kit and converts it to a T.7 using the Invicta conversion set.
Also includes a number of colour pictures of the RAE's T.7 XL564. Bill is one of the few
reviewers to pick up on the too-small wheels in this kit. There's also a detail picture photo album
feature, mostly on T.8C WV322, with lots of closeups in colour.